Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Anderson Chalmers
In memory of:
Leading Signalman George Anderson Chalmers
November 24, 1944
Military Service
V/23121
29
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Shawinigan
Additional Information
Son of Roland John Anderson Chalmers and Sissy Ann Chalmers, of Verdun, Quebec. Husband of Carol Olivia Sherwood Chalmers, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 12.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Church – Dedicated "to the Glory and in grateful memory of those members of St. Paul's Anglican Church, 379 44e avenue, Lachine, QC who gave their lives 1939-1945: John Baker, John Gustafson, Robert Wooley, George Chalmers, Roland Parkinson". World War II memorial stained glass windows (1949) by Charles William Kelsey depict figures of the three branches of the armed forces, Navy, Army and Air Force. The windows are located in the northex area.
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